JUSTICE response: Law Commission programme of work

November 2, 2016

The Law Commission has identified some areas of law that may require reform and could be potential projects for its 13th Programme of work. They launched a consultation and JUSTICE responded. The response focussed on inquiries and codification, streamlining and consolidation. In respect of inquiries, the response emphasised the important public functions that inquiries play […]

JUSTICE Human Rights Conference 2016 round-up

October 24, 2016

Over 150 people and exceptional speakers from across the professions, the judiciary and the major political parties joined us for the annual JUSTICE Human Rights Conference in London on Friday 14 October. It was an engaging, interesting and thought-provoking day which tackled some of the most important issues in British human rights law today. The […]

Lord Justice Briggs outlines potential for an online court

October 19, 2016

The annual Tom Sargant Memorial Lecture 2016 took place on Tuesday 18 October at Shearman & Sterling LLP in London. The Rt. Hon. Sir Michael Briggs, Lord Justice of Appeal outlined his recommendations for a new online court and the potential for more affordable dispute resolution. Lord Justice Briggs explained some of the challenges and […]

TeamJUSTICE raises £13,800 and counting

October 11, 2016

Runners from across the legal profession, as well as their clients, took part in the Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon in London on Sunday 9 October. The fantastic team of runners covered 13.1miles each and have raised over £13,800 so far. These are invaluable funds for JUSTICE and will particularly help finance a new Mental […]

The Christian Institute & Others v HM Advocate

September 1, 2016

FACTS The appellants in this Supreme Court appeal are collectively known as No to Named Persons (NO2NP) and consist of three individual parents and four registered charities with interests in family matters. They challenge Part 4 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”) and its introduction of the compulsory Named […]

JUSTICE response: Request for further views on the provision of judicial review claimants’ financial information to other parties

August 16, 2016

In July 2015, the Government opened a consultation: Reform of Judicial Review: proposals for the provision and use of financial information (Cm 9117) on financial information to be disclosed by judicial review claimants pursuant to section 85 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (“CJCA”). JUSTICE and the Public Law Project provided a Joint […]

JUSTICE welcomes Briggs’ Report

July 28, 2016

Radical thinking needed to secure civil justice for all. Our civil courts have come under increasing strain due to budget cuts and the rise of litigants in person. In April 2015, in ‘Delivering Justice in an Age of Austerity’, a Working Party of JUSTICE members recommended that radical reform was necessary to secure access to […]

JUSTICE response to the consultation on appeals to the Court of Appeals

June 27, 2016

The Court of Appeal is struggling to cope with its current workload. The result is a serious shortfall of judicial time, and a backlog of cases. To combat this problem, in May 2016 the Civil Procedure Rules Committee published a consultation on reforming the process of making an appeal to the Court of Appeal. The consultation document proposes […]

To Assist the Court: Third Party Interventions in the Public Interest

June 22, 2016

It is an old saying that there are at least two sides to every case.  A question for the courts is what happens when there are more than two? Over the past four decades, in a range of legally and constitutionally significant matters – from the treatment of children in detention to the jurisdiction of […]